Quest: A Night to Remember

This is a discussion on Quest: A Night to Remember within the Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, The forum, part of the E; Anyone else experiencing a glitch just getting this quest to start?
It's the one with Sam Guevenne in The Bannered ...

I'm reading elsewhere I might have to progress farther in the plot though

I can't remember how far I was in the game when I did it.
Only thing that might be a problem with having to progress the game further is you have already initiated the drinking game so you might not be able to down the line

The "A Night to Remember" quest has no pre-requisites, but the starting location of the quest, aka the drinking man, changes between different inns in the various cities at time intervals. But since you already talked to him and yet could not start the quest, it may be a bug. Normally, he challenges you to a drinking contest and after 3 drinks, you black out and teleport to the temple in Markarth.

It seems Markarth has severe glitches in itself. First is the Forsworn Conspiracy, where it suddenly starts and ends abruptly if you visit the Shrine of Talos after the start of the quest, and you get guards after you, racking up a high bounty. Next, the House of Horrors will not start properly, as in my case, if you did not follow the quest-giver initially after accepting the quest; after a long time in-game, he will be inside the house forever and you will not be able to enter it anymore.

If you are persistent like me (I missed out on the Oblivion Walker trophy in my original game due to the House of Horrors bug), you can start a second game with separate save files, like me, and pump up your Smithing and Enchanting (for Ebony/Daedric armor sets), while activating the Lord's Stone and getting the Agent of Mara (from the Book of Love quest) to pump up your Magic Resistance. Then, just speed through all the Daedric quests, including A Night to Remember, on Novice difficulty if you so prefer. It took me between 7 to 11 hours in total extra. Pretty tedious, but worth it if you do not want to wait for the patch to fix this. Good luck! =3

This quest is a weird one. It seems it's missing a lot of huge plot or something. My character teleports from Whiterun to the Temple of Dibella in Markarth and the sister told me I do stuff. The next minute when I fast travel to Dragonsreach a lady told me I owe her 2000 gold?? It feels like my character had an amnesia or something.

Neither the Skeleton Key nor the Nightingale Blessings count as a Daedric Artifact, as I can confirm myself. But, there is another way, if you miss out on A Night to Remember; you can get two Daedric Artifacts, instead of just one, from 'Ill Met by Moonlight', both the Savior's Hide and the Ring of Hircine. You can look up the quest for more information on how to use this glitch. The trophy will still unlock this way.